BASIC OF CHEST X RAY

Sri Asriyani
 RADIOLOGICAL METHODS OF
RESP. INVESTIGATION

1.  PLAIN FILM / CHEST X-RAYS

2.  CT SCAN
3.  M R I
4.  ULTRASONOGRAPHY (USG)
5.  NUCLEAR MEDICINE
6.  ARTERIOGRAPHY
7.  MCS ( = MASS CHEST SURVEY )
8.  TOMOGRAPHY
9.  FLUOROSCOPHY
10.  BRONCHOGRAPHY
ISTILAH DENSITAS

RADIOGRAFI:

1. AIR DENSITY = HIPERLUSEN

2. FAT DENSITY = RADIOLUSEN

3. WATER DENSITY = INTERMEDIATE

4. BONE DENSITY = RADIOPAK

5. METAL DENSITY = HIPER-RADIOPAK

 v  CHEST X-RAYS : VIEWS

Ø  POSTEROANTERIOR ( PA ) ó ROUTINE
Ø  LEFT / RIGHT LATERAL (LL/RL)
Ø  RIGHT / LEFT ANTERIOR OBLIQUES (RAO/LAO)

Ø  RIGHT / LEFT LATERAL DECUBITUS (RLD/LLD)

Ø  TOP LORDOTIK
SYARAT-SYARAT FOTO THORAX PA bila memungkinkan ;

1. INSPIRASI CUKUP
Diafragma kanan setinggi ics.9 -10posterior

2. POSISI SIMETRIS
Proyeksi tulang corp.vert. Th. terletak ditengah sendi sternoclav.
kanan & kiri

3. KONDISI SINAR-X SESUAI

mAs ( jumlah sinar ) cukup à film diluar cav.thorax cukup kehitaman

kV ( kualitas sinar ) cukup à vert.Th. Hanya terlihat s/ Th. 3 – 4.

4. FILM MELIPUTI SELURUH CAVUM THORAX

Puncak cavum thorax & sinus phrenico-costalis kanan – kiri
This is the simulated patient in PA (posterioranterior) position.
Note that the x-ray tube is 72 inches away.
NORMAL CHEST

PARENCHYME : RADIOLUCENT

PLEURA : INVISIBLE

HILAR : LEFT > RIGHT

DIAPHRAGM : RIGHT > LEFT

SINUS PHRENICO COSTALIS <

Normal chest X-ray

PA chest X-ray: Well-aerated lungs, normal diaphragm, middle shadow and

heart borders.
 Pitfall Due to Poor Inspiration

About 8 posterior ribs are showing

Poor inspiration will crowd lung markings and make it

appear as though the patient has airspace disease
Inspiration
The patient should be examined in full inspiration.
The diaphragm should be found at about the level
of the 8th - 10th posterior rib or 5th - 6th anterior rib on good inspiration.
supine AP (anteriorposterior) position the x-ray tube is
40 inches from the patient.
PA ( POSTERO-ANTERIOR ) AP ( ANTERO-POSTERIOR )

This is a PA film on the left compared with a AP supine film on the right.
The AP shows magnification of the heart and widening of the mediastinum.
Whenever possible the patient should be imaged in an upright PA position.
AP views are less useful and should be reserved for very ill patients
who cannot stand erect.
 X-ray Penetration

normal PA film that is underpenetrated overpenetrated PA film

Adequate penetration of the patient by radiation

is also required for a good film.
§  Lung fields appear dark because of air.
ü  Ninety-nine percent of t he lung is air
§  The pulmonary vasculature , interstitium constitute 1%
and give the lacy lung pattern.

§  Heart, vessels, liver and diaphragm are liquid density.

§  Vertebrae, sternum and ribs obviously cast a bone density.

Most of the disease states replace air from alveoli with

a pathological process which usually is a liquid
density and appears white.
Having a proper understanding of each of the pathological
process is essential.
ACINUS-PATCHIES
NORMAL CHEST
This is a normal PA film without any rotation.
Magnification of clavicular head and spinous process alignment
demonstrating a straight film.
 NORMAL CHEST RADIOGRAPHY
EVALUATION :

ü SOFT TISSUE
ü LUNGS
ü HEART
ü SINUS
ü HILA
ü MEDIASTINUM
ü DIAFRAGMA & PLEURA
ü RIBS
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